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Housing, mental health care are Canada’s largest unmet needs: new 211 dashboard
Data from call reports made to 211 services across the country show that mental health and housing remain the most urgent needs in Canada. Housing makes up 35 per cent of all callers’ unmet needs. 211 data shows that the agencies people are being referred to for their housing needs are either full or struggling with limited resources.
What it really means to love your job — and when that love can become a liability
Loving your job can fuel purpose — or quietly expose you to harm
Canadian Centre for Child Protection warns of “growing wave” of online abuse material since the launch of public AI tools
The organization, also known as C3P, runs a web crawler that tracks child sexual abuse material on the internet and issues takedown notices. While the web crawler has seen an increase in such material, it cannot, at this stage, distinguish between AI-generated and authentic images without human review.
Op-ed: Black women’s health-care experiences remain marked by structural racism — here’s how institutions should move forward
A new review shows how structural racism continues to shape Black women’s health‑care experiences.
New data: Simple HR practices strengthen non-profits
More than half of non-profits lack five basic HR practices, but data from Future of Good shows they can be just as effective as higher pay in improving job satisfaction.
Patient and kind capital: Indigenous investors opt for new Shared Earnings Agreements
Two Indigenous-led businesses received angel investment at the inaugural Indigenous Tech Conference, signalling the start of a reciprocal, values-based way of providing entrepreneurial capital.
OP-ED: Why we need to talk about the root causes of food insecurity in Canada
Food banks can’t fix a problem rooted in low incomes, inadequate social supports, and widening inequality.
Reports of ‘AI psychosis’ are emerging — here’s what a Canadian psychiatric clinician has to say
Clinician warns that generative AI may unintentionally reinforce delusions in vulnerable users
Fighting predatory lending: West Coast credit unions join philanthropic effort
The DUCA Impact Lab has so far partnered with Ontario credit unions Kindred and Your Neighbourhood to fund its Escalator Loan program, which provides loans to people stuck in the payday loan cycle. Now, Vancity and Coast Capital will also be providing funding.
Housing, mental health care are Canada’s largest unmet needs: new 211 dashboard
Data from call reports made to 211 services across the country show that mental health and housing remain the most urgent needs in Canada. Housing makes up 35 per cent of all callers’ unmet needs. 211 data shows that the agencies people are being referred to for their housing needs are either full or struggling with limited resources.
What it really means to love your job — and when that love can become a liability
Loving your job can fuel purpose — or quietly expose you to harm
Canadian Centre for Child Protection warns of “growing wave” of online abuse material since the launch of public AI tools
The organization, also known as C3P, runs a web crawler that tracks child sexual abuse material on the internet and issues takedown notices. While the web crawler has seen an increase in such material, it cannot, at this stage, distinguish between AI-generated and authentic images without human review.
Op-ed: Black women’s health-care experiences remain marked by structural racism — here’s how institutions should move forward
A new review shows how structural racism continues to shape Black women’s health‑care experiences.
New data: Simple HR practices strengthen non-profits
More than half of non-profits lack five basic HR practices, but data from Future of Good shows they can be just as effective as higher pay in improving job satisfaction.
Patient and kind capital: Indigenous investors opt for new Shared Earnings Agreements
Two Indigenous-led businesses received angel investment at the inaugural Indigenous Tech Conference, signalling the start of a reciprocal, values-based way of providing entrepreneurial capital.
OP-ED: Why we need to talk about the root causes of food insecurity in Canada
Food banks can’t fix a problem rooted in low incomes, inadequate social supports, and widening inequality.
Reports of ‘AI psychosis’ are emerging — here’s what a Canadian psychiatric clinician has to say
Clinician warns that generative AI may unintentionally reinforce delusions in vulnerable users
Fighting predatory lending: West Coast credit unions join philanthropic effort
The DUCA Impact Lab has so far partnered with Ontario credit unions Kindred and Your Neighbourhood to fund its Escalator Loan program, which provides loans to people stuck in the payday loan cycle. Now, Vancity and Coast Capital will also be providing funding.
